Garden journal entry

December 24, 2012. 't Was the day before Christmas. The kitchen compost container needed emptying, so I strolled out into the back yard, towards our compost bins in the back of the orchard nursery area - and found the frosty linings on many of the low-growing perennials quite charming - including this Dianthus x roysii. Not sure if this picture really shows the effect too well. But it's likely one of a rather limited number of photo ops showing off plants this winter.